Herlambang P WIRATRAMAN
Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Universitas Airlangga
Visiting Research Fellow
May 2017 - June 2017

Herlambang P. Wiratraman is a lecturer in the Constitutional Law Department and the Executive Director of the Centre of Human Rights Law Studies (HRLS), Faculty of Law, Universitas Airlangga (Surabaya, Indonesia). His research interests include human rights, constitutional law, law and society, freedom of expression, freedom of the press, and academic freedom. He completed his Master of Arts on Human Rights and Social Development at Mahidol University, Thailand and PhD at the Van Vollenhoven Institute, Leiden Law School, the Netherlands in 2014.

He has written numerous books, "Good Governance and Legal Reform in Indonesia" (Bangkok, 2007) and "Press Freedom, Law and Politics: A Socio-Legal Study" (Zutphen, 2014), and several book chapters and journal articles, such as "No Room for Justice? When The Court is Used to Attack Journalism in Decentralised Indonesia", Human Rights and Peace in Southeast Asia, SEAHRN Series 4, 2016; Human Rights Constitutionalism in Indonesia's Foreign Policy. Constitutional Review, May 2015, Vol. 1, Number 1, 2015; and "In Search of Constitutionality, Freedom of Expression and Indonesia's Anti-Pornography Law". Jurnal Ilmu Hukum YURIDIKA, Vol. 27 (2) Mei-Agustus 2012, Fakultas Hukum Universitas Airlangga. pp. 111-120

He was previously a Visiting Professor in Graduate Studies of International Development department at Nagoya University (2015) and a Visiting Lecturer at the Vietnam National University (VNU) Law School (2017). He previously served as a Chairperson of the Indonesian Association of Legal Philosophy (AFHI, 2013-2014) and the Indonesian Lecturers Association for Human Rights (SEPAHAM Indonesia, 2014-2017).